Who we are

Colas Rail, leader in railway infrastructures

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Our Mission

Colas Rail, leader in railway infrastructures

Today, all over the world, cities are reinventing themselves: a revolution that brings with it new ways of thinking about and building mobility. 

To meet tomorrow's challenges, we create sustainable mobility solutions.

Colas Rail offers turnkey systems for rail infrastructure, covering the project entire life cycle: design, construction and maintenance.


As a subsidiary of the Colas group (in turn a subsidiary of Bouygues), and a leader in the construction and maintenance of transport infrastructures, Colas Rail can draw on the collective worldwide expertise and innovative strength of its teams and of Colas.
 

Our experience

This more than a hundred-year-old experience has enabled us to take part in the major innovations in our sector (rail speed record, high-speed automatic track, and overhead line renewal trains).

Every day, thousands of trains run on tracks that Colas Rail has worked on.

Hervé le Joliff

“Colas Rail, strong of its 12 areas of expertise and its presence in over 20 countries around the world is rather unique in the French railway industry. High-speed lines, metros, tramways, trolley buses… Colas Rail capitalizes on its expertise to satisfy its customers both on simple and complex projects. Designer, creator of innovative solutions and sustainable mobility, manufacturer, system integrator, maintainer… Colas Rail positions itself over the entire lifecycle of its customers’ projects.”

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Our vision

To be the company of choice that creates sustainable mobility solutions for today & tomorrow.

Colas Rail's strategy stems from an ambitious corporate project shared by the entire Colas Group, with CSR as its guiding principle. 
This project, called Act & Commit Together (ACT), is broken down into 6 CSR commitments made by Colas Rail to its stakeholders.

Our market positioning:

Railways, a promising sector for the future: Colas Rail, through its various locations around the world, is keeping pace with demographic growth, urbanisation, transport infrastructure and maintenance needs, environmental challenges and the development of new forms of mobility. As a systems integrator, we are involved in the entire value chain of our projects: creating, building and maintaining sustainable transport solutions.

Our values

Values that set us apart

At Colas Rail, our values guide our behaviour and actions daily at all levels and in all our activities, whether in our relations with our employees, our customers or our partners.
Our values of respect, commitment, pioneering and sharing are the pillars of our success.

Respect, it's treat others how you would like to be treated

Commitment is about giving your heart and soul

Pioneering, its bold innovation, not blind ambition

Sharing, it's knowledge and experience are meant to be passed on

These values embody our ambition to be the company of choice that creates sustainable mobility solutions for today & tomorrow.

Respect

Respect is THE absolute foundation of everything. Without it, there is no trust, no team, no future. At Colas Rail, we care about and consider everyone - our clients, teams, colleagues and stakeholders. We champion transparency and honesty, and we stick to our word. It is the key to a collective that moves forward together, with high standards and consideration.
 

Respect

Respect, treat others how you would like to be treated
 

Commitment

When we commit, it is a collective pact and an investment in everyone's success. At Colas Rail, you don't succeed alone. We invest in our customers, our teams, and our colleagues, and with our ethical approach and total transparency, we know we can count on our people and partners. This collective energy allows us to go further, to overcome any challenge, and deliver our exceptionally high standards. We commit 100% and we commit together.
 

Commitment

Commitment is about giving your heart and soul
 

Pioneering

At Colas Rail, we push boundaries, imagine what does not yet exist, and dare what others do not.
It is about analyzing, preparing, calculating risks and pre-empting challenges before taking on the adventure. We innovate with ambition, and we find solutions. Great pioneers are not those who just take a leap of faith and hope for the best, they form their vision and ambition based on intelligence, expertise and boldness.
 

Pioneering

Bold innovation, not blind ambition
 

Sharing 

At Colas Rail, we don't believe in well-kept secrets. Each of us holds knowledge that could and should be shared. We see sharing and guidance as fundamental in helping us all grow. This also ensures that we do not rely solely on a few experts but on a strong collective. We pass on our knowledge so that we can achieve the best of ourselves and others.

Sharing

Knowledge and experience are meant to be passed on
 


 

Our history

Based on over 170 years of experience, the history of Colas Rail was born in 2008 from the merger of these two companies, Seco Rail and Spie Rail, marking the beginning of a new era. 

The wealth of resources of our company stems from the diversity of its various sectors and areas of expertise.

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